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• March 31, 2026

  Bias Challenge To Juror Strike Wasn't Waived, Justices Told

  A Black man on Mississippi's death row told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that state courts failed to properly address his objections to the prosecution's peremptory juror strikes at his 2006 trial, which he said were racially motivated.

• March 31, 2026

  10th Circ. Revives Suit Over Tulsa Officer Killing Unarmed Man

  A Tenth Circuit panel has denied qualified immunity to an officer who shot an unarmed Black man, finding in a reversal that the officer's "use of force was unreasonable," allowing a civil rights case brought by the man's family to go to trial.

• March 30, 2026

  Sotomayor Says Court Let Wrongful Murder Conviction Stand

  A man serving life in prison for a 1998 Louisiana murder was unfairly denied a writ of certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, despite the fact that his co-defendant had his conviction vacated when bringing up the same favorable evidence, dissenting justices said.

• March 30, 2026

  Navajo Nation Fears For Voting Rights With SAVE America Act

  A Navajo Nation committee has passed legislation that formally establishes the tribe's opposition to the SAVE America Act over concerns that the legislation will disproportionately affect Indigenous communities across the country, including a significant blow to elders who often lack birth certificates.

• March 27, 2026

  Up Next At High Court: Birthright Citizenship, Arbitration

  The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its March oral arguments session by hearing a nationwide class's blockbuster challenge to President Donald Trump's limited view of birthright citizenship, as well as a dispute over federal courts' authority to confirm or vacate arbitration awards in cases they've formerly overseen.

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